Side-comb.



No. 756,545. PATENTED APR.5, 1904. OLVALLENDAR. SIDE 00MB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1902. RENEWBD FEB. 2, 1904. N0 IODBL.

Patented April 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

OTTO VALLENDAR, OF CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO MAX G. COHN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

SIDE-COME.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 756,545, dated April 5,1904. Application tiled November 13, 1902. Renewed February 2, 1904..Serial No. 191,757. (No model.)

T0 all whom it Wawy concern:

Be it lrnown that I, OTTO VALLENDAR, merchant, a subject of the GermanEmperor, and a resident of Charlottenburg, near Berlin, Germany, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Side-Combs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention involves a novel arrangement of the teeth of combs andtheir relation and connection to the back or body portion, whereby agripping' action is produced on the bunches of hair contained betweenthe sides of the adjacent teeth when the comb is in use. To attain thedesired results, the back or body portion is curved longitudinally andconsists or is formed of an elastic or resilient material, the teethbeing connected thereto and extending therefrom in such manner thatpreferably all of the teeth are normally at an angle to one another,their points or outer ends being closer together than their inner endsor part which connect with the back. Such an arrangement results in aseparation of the teeth or a movement toward parallelism when the backof the comb is flexed t0- ward a straight line. In the application ofthe comb tothe hair the back is straightened, and

the teeth then being substantially parallel freely enter the hair, andwhen the back is released it by its resilience again assumes its normalcurved condition, and so cause the points of the teeth to approach oneanother and close on and grip the hair contained between them.

In the embodiment of this invention illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings the back is shown somewhat curved in cross-section and alsocurved in longitudinal section, the row of teeth being connected to theinner curved surface of the back and extending at an angle therefrom, apart of the teeth adjacent to their inner ends being beneath oroverlapped by the back.

Figure l is a front View. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line A B ofFig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line C Dof Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a View of the inside of the comb with the back straightened.

It will be observed that the general directions of the teeth when thecomb is in normal condition are on lines approximately converging towarda common center and also that the teeth are arranged on a curved planeof a section of a cone, the general direction of the teeth being towardthe apex of the cone.

As shown in the drawings, this improved side-comb consists of the backa, which is of curved cross-section as well as of curved longitudinalsection and made of any suitable elastic material, such astortoise-shell, celluloid, gutta-percha, or even sheet metal. The teethare fixed to the inner side of the back a along the middle line of thesame at an acute angle, so that the points of the teeth I) are somewhatdistant from and slightly project over the lower edge of the back a. Theteeth are naturally directed inward toward the center of the comb, sothat their points are closed together.

To use the comb, the back a is straightened,- whereupon the points ofthe teeth open. The comb is then inserted into the hair at a suitableplace and the teeth catch the hair between them, when the back of thecomb is released and resumes its original curvature.

To take the comb out of thehair, it is merely necessary to straightenthe back of the comb, so that the teeth open, and the comb can beremoved without any difficulty.

I have shown and described the comb as adapted as a side-comb and haveshown the preferred form of my invention in detail; but I do not'wish toconline myself to the details of construction illustrated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isW

1. A comb, comprising a curved resilient back, having teeth connectedthereto and extending therefrom normally at an angle to one another, thepoints of said teeth being closer together than their inner ends ofconnection with the back. v

2. A comb, comprising a curved resilient back having teeth connected toand extending rearwardly from the back at an angle thereto,

4L. A side-comb consisting of a back of elas-v tie material of curvedcross-section and of curved longitudinal section, and of av row of teeththe upper end of Which is fixed to the inner side of the baclrat anacute angle and directed so that their points touch each other, andseparate When the elastic back of the comb is straightened,substantially as described and shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Witnesses.

OTTO VALLENDAR. Witnesses:

HENRY HAsrER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

